2016 英语专四听力讲座原文和题目

2016 TEM 4 Mini- Lecture text：

What is Grit?

Good afternoon, everyone. Today, I would like to talk about my research project concerning the key to success. I would like to start my topic with my own story.

When I was 27 years old, I left a very demanding job: teaching seventh graders

salespeople is going to keep their jobs? And who's going to earn the most money? We went to many places, and finally one characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success. And it wasn't social intelligence. It wasn't good looks, physical health, and it wasn't IQ. It was grit. What is grit? Well, [4]grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is sticking with your future, day in, day out, not just for the

week, not just for the month, but for years, [5]and working really hard to make that future a reality. [6]Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint. A few years ago, I started studying grit in the Chicago public schools. I asked thousands of high school juniors to take grit questionnaires, and then waited around more than a year to see who would graduate. [7]It turned out that grittier kids were significantly more likely

I'm going to end my remarks, because that's where we are. That's the work that stands before us. We have to be willing to fail, to be wrong, to start over again with lessons learned.

As a conclusion, we need to be gritty about getting our kids grittier. Nest time, I would like to share with my experience in building up students’ grit.

2016 TEM 4 Mini- Lecture task：

My question

●Why isn’t IQ the only difference between situations?

●What is the key to (1) _____?

My research

●Investigation of all kinds of (2) _____, including:

- West Point Military Academy

- (3) _____

- Private companies

My finding: grit as predictor of success

●Grit is (4) _____ for very long-term goals.

●Grit is working hard for years to make (5) _____

●Grit is living your life like a (6) _____

My survey

●high school juniors took grit questionnaires

●(7) _____ kids were more likely to graduate

Grit-building

●little is known about how to build grit in students

●date how grit is unrelated to (8) _____

●growth mindset is the belief that the ability to learn is (9) _____ ●kids with grit believe failure is (10)_____

Conclusion

We need to be gritty about getting our kids grittier.